By Grace Audu –
Nigerian civil officials who have not been vaccinated were prevented from accessing their offices on Wednesday, as the country stepped up its attempts to combat the spread of Covid-19.
The country also reported that the first cases of the Omicron coronavirus strain had been discovered, and citizens were reminded to follow health policies.
On Wednesday, security personnel were placed in various offices and began executing the presidential steering committee’s mandatory vaccine policy, which was created on Covid-19.
The committee granted federal civil personnel until December 1, 2021 to acquire a Covid vaccine, which they did in October.
The Nigerian Police Force and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) were dispatched to the Federal Secretariat, which houses all ministries, to enforce compliance.
At the entry to the Head of Service building, civil servants and members of the public who are unable to present confirmation of vaccination and a negative Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) will be turned away.
Some angry angered civil servants accused the government of discriminatory enforcement of vaccine policy.